Roster Finalized

The Tigers turned in their finalized roster to MLB with one final addition. Virgil Vasquez, who pitched 28 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings in the AFL, had his contract purchased today. The streak is particularly impressive given the hitter friendly nature of the league.

The roster is set at 39 which means the team will be able to participate in the Rule 5 draft at the upcoming winter meetings. If they choose to participate I’d guess they would be looking for a lefty reliever. Of course if are going that route, they could have just added one of their own lefty relievers, Cory Hamman.

The Tigers, and other team, will have an extra year to not protect players thanks to changes in the new CBA. Previously players younger than 19 had to be added to the roster within 4 years of being signed and those older than 19 had a 3 year window. A year was added to both those time frames.

Overall I like the roster, but having both Neifi Perez and Ramon Santiago is a little disappointing. Seeing as Chris Shelton and Marcus Thames will probably be on the outside looking in for the 25 man roster the bench looks to be pretty weak offensively.

4 Comments

Joey C.

November 21, 2006 at 2:53 am

We need to get Thames to a team that’s gonna use him. I’m feeling more and more frustrated for the guy.

Coach Jim

November 21, 2006 at 10:32 am

Joey C. I agree. Not only should he be playing full time, but he should be somewhere that won’t rob him of 15 HR over a full season. Do you suppose Atlanta would take Thames and Casey for Adam LaRoche?

Chris Y.

November 21, 2006 at 12:41 pm

That’s a great idea Jim. You should put in a call to Cox and Schuerholz.

Mark

November 22, 2006 at 2:03 am

Is “coach jim” a catchy way to name oneself, or are we to suppose that Jim Leyland is posting to this blog?

Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi A good read on the Tiger's inability to work any deals during the Winter Meetings.
http://www.freep.com/story/sports/mlb/tigers/2016/12/05/detroit-tigers-winter-meetings/95021824/
I have thought all was

StorminNorman$ http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/12/red-sox-to-acquire-chris-sale.html
DD still making the moves - Sale traded to BOS... the "good news", now DET will only have to

Tony de Florida Agree, without Miggy and JV attendance should go in the tank unless we're getting Trout from the Angels or Jake

Smoking Loon Stormin, in my opinion Detroit is a worse and less interesting team without Verlander and Cabrera, a team without a

StorminNorman$ word on the street is that Tiger fans should get used to mediocrity, unless some of the young players and

Tony de Florida I've been too busy to add my wisdom (please control your laughter) but have been trying to read the blog

StorminNorman$ i could see DD bringing him to BOS to replace Big Sloppy, but i doubt BOS would give up much

Only Tiger Fan in Mississippi V-Mart trade talk:
http://m.tigers.mlb.com/news/article/209950064/tigers-victor-martinez-drawing-interest/
As we know, while the guy can certainly hit a baseball, he isn't the fastest thing around